--- Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:34:03AM -0700, Zachary > Rizer wrote: > > nvidia-glx isn't available in non-free. > > > > My sources.list -> > > > > deb http://amd64.debian.net/debian sid main > contrib > > non-free > > > > But: > > apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-glx > > > > * Reinstallation of nvidia-glx is not possible, it > > cannot be downloaded. > > Try adding sarge non-free and then try. It seems to > have it at the > moment. > > Other option is to use the new packages from > experimental and rebuild > them on amd64. That should work too. Someone > mentioned on the list > recently where to get the packages from experimental > and how to build > them on amd64 as far as I remember. > > Anything is better than the nvidia installer. > > > Tried using this howto ... what is m-a? And much > of > > this seems XFree-centric. Can we use these nvidia > > packages with Xorg? > > That I don't know yet. I have mainly stayed with > sarge. > > Len Sorensen >
Well, I went another route (I'm notoriously impatient). It succeeded (or so it seems, so far) so I figured I'd post here for other people to reference. The most recent nvidia packages in debian-am64[sid] were version 6229, released back in late April of 05. Currently, the version is 7667, released a few weeks back. I ran the nvidia-installer from nvidia.com, and it actually worked. Details: [EMAIL PROTECTED] uname -a Linux fortunato 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 #1 Wed Aug 10 03:17:19 CEST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86_64 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7667 Fri Jun 17 07:14:03 PDT 2005 GCC version: gcc version 4.0.2 20050806 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.1-4) I'm remote, but I modprobe'd the newly installed module, and then restarted Xorg (gdm, actually), and it started up just fine. No errors, no bad warnings. I'll see if it'll run ET or Q3 tonight; that will be the real test... Zaq Rizer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]